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Blues Lyrics - Hans Theessink
Cajun Boogie
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by
Hans Theessink
recording of 1998
from Blue Grooves From Vienna (a 50th birthday celebration),
Come on baby come along with me
Down to the bayou
country
To the swamplands where the cajuns
go
Do the zydeco
Alligator jumps around
Wags his tail to the squeeze-box sound
There's a fish-fry and there's hot gumbo
Come on baby let's go
Tune up the fiddle, roisin' up the bow
Listen to the fiddle of Old Man Moe
Sends a tune up to the sky
Watch them bowhairs fly
Alligator jumps around ...
There's Old Ray and black-eyed Susie
Rockin' to the beat of a Cajun boogie
Dancin' the two-step and the fais dodo
Come on baby let's go
Alligator jumps around ...
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Note 1: bayou, any of various usually marshy or sluggish bodies of water;
Note 2: Cajun, a citizen from the U.S. state of Louisiana descended from French-speaking immigrants from Acadia, Canada. The Acadians were French settlers of eastern Canada who were exiled from their land in the 1750's. The Cajuns are their descendants who settled in Louisiana. The word Cajun is an alteration of Acadian. Find out more at this site,
Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History
Note 3: zydeco, popular music of southern Louisiana that combines tunes of French origin with elements of Caribbean music and the blues and that features guitar, washboard, and accordion;
Note 4: gumbo, a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or sea foods and usually vegetables;
Note 5: fais dodo, probably a Cajun dance.
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